NSFNET: The vibrant ghost of Christmases past At the start of the Christmas shopping season 20 years ago the National Science Foundation announced that a group consisting of Michigan's Merit Network, IBM and MCI had won a contract to develop and deploy the T-1 NSFNET. This network led directly to the Internet of today -- the NSFNET was a gift that has kept on giving. Microsoft Patch Tuesday has three on critical list Microsoft Tuesday released two critical patches for Windows and one for Internet Explorer that is being actively exploited, according to Microsoft ... Attackers poised to exploit Olympics, presidential elections in 2008 It was the year of the data breach in 2007, with the TJX fiasco topping a long list of data heists. So what afflictions are in store for 2008? Holiday time fertile ground for IM, Web-based threats Symantec's holiday spam listing is seeing an increase in threats which capitalize on the concept of a trusted source or Web site. iPhone to be target of hackers in 2008 The iPhone has been the target of many users who wanted to customize the way it looks and hackers who wanted to use the device on other wireless networks since it was released in June. However, Arbor Networks predicts the seriousness of attacks on the iPhone will increase in 2008. BLOGS Today's Buzzblog: Do you know what your CEO drives? If not, chances are that you don't make $100,000 either, according to a recent survey. Mob rule overruns Reddit (again) Only this time it's the Kucinich Krazies instead of the Paul People doing the running. Today at Cisco Subnet Cisco's revamped security center aims to help network admins cope with Microsoft Patch Tuesday alerts. Chambers: Social networking not for just youngsters anymore. Discuss Cisco WAAS with Zach Seils - suspended CCIE R&S. Author expert Mark Lewis gives recommendations for preventing IPsec VPN failures. Trainer Wendell Odom asks: Are you putting in the miles to get your Cisco cert?. Today on Microsoft Subnet Microsoft is becoming another Cisco, slow and bloated, contends Mitchell Ashley. Plus, Microsoft cracks down on pirates in 22 countries, and buggy Microsoft file-sharing app deletes files without user's consent, and more CodePlex freebies for SharePoint. GIVEAWAYS Up for grabs: 15 copies of CCIE Voice Exam Quick Reference Sheets Enter to win one of 15 downloads of Cisco Press' CCIE Voice Exam Quick Reference Sheets by Mark Lewis. Check out Mark's blog for Cisco Subnet here and an excerpt of the book here. Last month competition winners here. December giveaways from Microsoft Subnet Win a training course worth up to $2,500 from New Horizons Computer Learning Centers. Plus win one of 15 copies of MCTS 70-620 Exam Cram: Microsoft Windows Vista, Configuring by Patrick Regan. |
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